Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
8
Friday
Plavanga
Margazhi
24
Velli
Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 1.04 am (next day), then Dwitiyai
Pooradamtill 5.43 am, then Uthiradam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.17–12.03
Yamagandamafternoon 3.31–5.17
Kuligaimorning 6.48–8.33
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.30 pm: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.03–6.48night 8.17–9.32

Computed for Durban, in South Africa time (SAST). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 12.03 pm to 2.44 pm is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 11.53 am.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Durban

Computed for Durban, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

The day at a glance

Gold marks good time, the solid bars mark times to avoid, and hatching marks a caution: denser while two cautions run together. Tap or drag across the chart to read any moment.

Good times

12.03–2.44 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.03–6.48 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
11.35 am–12.30 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vyaghata Yogam also run
5.17–7.01 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.48–8.33 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.17 am–12.03 pm
2.44–4.33 pm
3.31–5.17 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 12.30 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 12.30 pm, until Monday 1.06 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise5.03 am
Sunset7.01 pm
Moonrise5.22 am
Moonset7.35 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Durban's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Durban by modern astronomical calculation (Drik, Lahiri). A caution's start is rounded down and its end up; a good window's start up and its end down. Underlined words open their meaning.

The five limbs

LimbThis dayThen
Velli (Friday)
Prathamai, till 1.04 am (next day) 50–00 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Pooradam, till 5.43 am 1–39 nazhigaiUthiradam
Vyaghata Yogam, till 11.53 am caution 17–01 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Kimstughna Karanam, till 11.45 am 16–42 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.04 am (next day) 50–00 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.44–4.23 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.48–8.33 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.17 am–12.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–12.30 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.44–4.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.31–5.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.34–3.21 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.03
Soram6.48
Uthi28.33
Visham10.17
Amirtham12.03
Rogam1.47
Labam33.32
Dhanam5.17

Night

Rogam7.01
Labam8.17
Dhanam9.33
Sugam10.48
Soram12.02
Uthi1.19
Visham2.33
Amirtham3.49

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyaghata Yogam; 2 Vyaghata Yogam; 3 Tyajyam and Yamagandam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā (Uttarāṣāḍhā from 5.43 am, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu5.03 am5.39 am
Makara5.39 am8.00 am
Kumbha8.00 am10.19 am
Meena10.19 am12.36 pm
Mesha12.36 pm2.57 pm
Vrishabha2.57 pm5.16 pm
Mithuna5.16 pm7.20 pm
Kataka7.20 pm9.01 pm
Simha9.01 pm10.27 pm
Kanya10.27 pm11.51 pm
Tula11.51 pm1.25 am
Vrischika1.25 am3.20 am
Dhanu3.20 am5.04 am

The rising sign (udaya lagnam) through the day, computed for Durban.

Horai

Day

Sukran5.03
Budhan6.13
Chandra7.23
Sani8.33
Guru9.43
Sevvai10.53
Suriya12.02
Sukran1.12
Budhan2.22
Chandra3.32
Sani4.42
Guru5.51

Night

Sevvai7.01
Suriya7.52
Sukran8.42
Budhan9.32
Chandra10.22
Sani11.13
Guru12.03
Sevvai12.53
Suriya1.43
Sukran2.33
Budhan3.24
Chandra4.14

Each horai begins at the time shown and runs to the next.

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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